Gretchen

I'm not using that jar but I do use the CD wicks exclusivly; tested SO many others to be sure! I agree with your thoughts on using the 12. Burning to the bitter end and seeing how the wick does at different stages or your container can clearly bring you to the best conclusions. You ended up with a candle that burned safely (with the CD12) and clean (overall) so it sounds like you found the one! You may find that you'll need the 12 for some scents and the 14 for others. Gretchen

You're right Henry! Not that bad:wink2: ! Oh well; another unsolved mystery of candle making! If one out of hundreds do it, I'm not complaining! Gretchen

Happy day!!! I have a NAME/PROFESSION???? COOOL!! Wait; translate 'by trade' for me. Means I do this in an attempt to make a living, right? (I'm famous for 'misunderstanding':undecided Gretchen

CBA; no additives; pouring around 150. Like I said, not often at all. This is like the third candle. Two this time out of a pouring of 12 in this scent. I poured a total of like 58 candles during that one period of time. The other time it happened it was the same thing; lots of candles poured in different scents, but one out of 12 of the same scent did it (Tuberose). Can I just hit it with the heat gun? Gretchen

Yeah, right; but why? And why not all the time? Gretchen

Geez! My day for oddities! Not all, and not always, but as the candle sets up, the wax climbs up a bit. Anyone? Gretchen

It's only happened a couple of times, and only recently, like within the past month. But a batch of lavender citrus that I poured last night (12 jars) had two with hairline cracks accross the top; not accross the wick, but off to one side of it. What's up with that? Never happened in the past. Gretchen

Thanks everyone! I'm glad to hear all the rave reviews! Gretchen

I ended up spending some time with a woman the other day who works for the post office. We got to talking about shipping. She said the post office will now come to your house/business to pick up items for shipping; even if it's many boxes. She said you do everything online; print the postage and request the pick-up, and there's no additional fees. She said they even pay the drivers a premium for the pick-up; kind of a perk for the extra work I guess. She said they are trying to become more competitive with the other shippers. Oh, and she said their rates tend to be better than the others. Anyone using the post office? Gretchen

Hi all! Do any of you have a wholesale brochure of any type? Like something you would give to a new account that covers questions like minimums, complete scent listing, shipping terms etc.? I had on put together but I'm not in love with it, and I'm wondering if it's giving enough or too much info. I don't have a website yet (Pretty computer stupid in general and a little fearful of being ripped off in the development phase of it) so I can't direct a new account or prospective account to one. Anyone willing to share what they have in print? Gretchen

That was fast! Gretchen

I've been using the turkey roasters for a couple of years now. I have two going 90% of the time. I guess they're slow; I don't know; it's what I'm used to. I make sure they are full the night before, then when I get up in the morning I turn them on to 250. Within two hours my wax is ready. I can pour through one in a mtter of a half an hour, so I immediatly fill it up again, crank it up (if I had to turn it down a bit earlier). I then I go on to roaster #2. Usually I only have to wait 30 min. or so for that first roaster to be ready again. They melt faster the second go around, I guess because the temp is already up; not waiting for it to work it's way up. I do ladle into pouring pots, weighing, then adding FO, stir, stir, stir, pour. I wouldn't know how to not weigh the wax, let alone the FO. I know people have ways to skip the weighing, but I don't know how they do that. Gretchen

I'd like to see NGI there! Gretchen

Who has attended this in the past? I know there's lots of people on this board that live well within driving distance of this event! Let's here some scoop!!! Gretchen

This has got to be, hands down, the most intriguing opening line to a post I have ever come accross! Gretch

I never heard that about the lids. Mine are one as soon as they are solid, in their cases, and either on the shelf or right into an order. I need my work space cleared asap so I can keep on pouring. My table was made from a seven foot door so it's big. It's satisfying to see it full of just poured candles, but the feeling is equal to lining it back up with wicked jars ! The other thing about lidding them right away; a day, two days, a week later when I lift the lid; no complaints here on cold throw! Gretchen

I searched too for a while. Hard to beleive there isn't one. Gretchen

You bet; sucks! I'm not that bothered by them although I would rater have 'perfect adhesion'; wouldn't we all. I don't use color at all so it's not as obvious and there's no ring after a burn, as you mentioned. Gretchen

Thanks to all of you for yoyr replies! Gretchen

Bad news; even pour that cool there were still some wet spots; damn it! Anyone tried just putting the candle in a cool room to see if you can get the entire candle to pull away from the sides? Sounds too simple, I know. Henry; I use the CD wicks for my 4 incher. CD 16 & 18 depending on the FO. Gretchen

I know people do mix waxes, but my train of thought say's, why? Candle making is challanging enough without adding variables! That's just an opinion. As for the scent throw, give it a couple of days or even up to two weeks (two weeks is what most people will tell you). The cold and hot improve with a little curing. what I love about this wax is I can do a 4" jar with one wick! And cleaning up after this wax is a breeze too. The other thing I like is the smooth tops after burning and it's hardened back up, unlike most soys. Gretchen By the way, the 135 is a much harder wax; just an FYI!

hi guys! Well, seems I'm beyond just my local (within reasonable driving distance) area and will need to start shipping. I've read a few post regarding Fedex , USPS, and UPS, so it sounds like I should be checking into Fedex (?); but my bigger question is the actual packaging or boxing. My jars can be packed back into the case boxes they came to me in. They have nice, sturdy deviders. Now when they come to me they come via a freight truck, right from the manufacturer so they're not being tossed around; they're stacked together and wrapped in that saran stuff. When I go to ship these back out as candles, do I need to pack that box inside another box? And then I have a smaller tumbler that's wrapped in a cello bag, tightly, but wrapped so there's that cello stuff sticking up and tied off as part of the look (guess that's what you'd call it, though I'm not exactly thrilled with it). That's an even bigger problem. Each candle will have to be wrapped again, assumming in something like bubble wrap, and then packed, which when it comes to filling a box, may be an issue. To make it even more difficult, I don't want to booger up the cello tops; know what I'm saying? Any advice from those of you that are shipping your products would be greatly appriciated. Gretchen

Hello all! Almost screwed up royal last night but caught myself jut in time! I had two pouring pots filled and scented and was doing the stir, stir, stir when I was called away for a moment. When I came back into my shop I stirred again then sat down at the computer for waht was to be just a minute. :rolleyes2 By the time I realized i had these filled pots, who knows how much time had gone by. I don't think it was an hour, but who knows. What I do know is the temp of the wax still in the pots was at 100 (We all know how slowly this wax sets up!); still liquid and very pouable. This wax doesn't seem to do the 'slushy stage', or maybe it does but we're just not brave enough to go there! Anyway, the long and short of it is this: this morning the candles look terrific! Smooth tops (not unusual) but without any wax climbing up the wick; anyone else have that sometimes? Also, here's the biggie, NO WET SPOTS! NONE! I mean absolutly nothing! I don't know how to explain it really, but these candles just 'look' different to me. They look great; not that when I pour hot they don't, they do too, but these just seem a bit different to me. Unfortunatly i won't get to see these candles over a period of time because they're leaving for delivery tomorrow, so I'll have to pour some more way way cooler than usual and see what happens. Double edged swoard really though if this actually does improve the wet spots senario. I like pouring hot because it's faster and I hate the idea of waiting for wax to cool down again. We'll see. Gretchen

Bumping this up in hopes she see's this!! Gretchen

Strahl & Pitsch? Whats that? Gretchen